She knows what is at hand and calls Jehu Zimri, who killed Elah and the entire household of Baasha [1 Kings 16] and then burned a house over him to keep from being executed by Omri

She is thrown from a second story window, trampled under the feet of horses, and eaten by dogs so that no portion remains for burial 33-37

Bringing to naught the House of Ahab 10:1-17

Jehu sends a challenge to war to all the supporters of the seventy sons of Ahab asking them to declare one of them king and then prepare to defend his right to the throne 10:1-3

They had no desire to engage Jehu and his multitude in battle 10:4, 5

He asks for the heads of all the sons and they comply; Jehu proclaims this as the culmination of the prophetic word issued by Elijah 10:10

By providence he encounters the remaining family of Ahaziah [42 people] on a journey to visit Ahab’s sons and Jezebel and has all of them killed

Destroying the worshippers of Baal

Jehu feigns leadership in a time of sacrifice to Baal and gathers all of the worshippers of Baal

He makes sure that no worshippers of Jehovah are present in the group

He has all of them slaughtered, the place of worship destroyed, and made into a latrine

The Character of the reign of Jehu

He completed God’s vengeance on the house of Ahab and Baal as God had commissioned him

He failed to depart from the sins of Jeroboam [1 Kings 12:25-33]

Principles Operative in Redemptive History

When mercy appears, it always casts a striking contrast to the judgment operative in the world

Sin is so powerful and deceitful that it drives us to do what pure conscience sees as reprehensible

Not a word of God shall fail; he operates through precise command, through human fear and frailty, through apparently fortuitous circumstances, through miraculous intervention

No matter how far we may advance in reclaiming obedience to divine revelation, incomplete reform that leaves undisturbed the roots of disobedience and does not remedy fallacious principles and practices will lead to further judgment. We must always ask, "Does the content of this action give expression to divine revelation?" and "Is this activity warranted either expressly or as necessary for and conducive to obedience to divine revelation?" Even as aggressive as he was, Jehu left undone a portion of reform. Jesus has left nothing undone in his obedience.